St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-30
WORKING UP A BOOM.
Cleveland Diligently Fixing Up
His Fences for 1888,

Washington Letter Baltimore American.
Cleveland is quietly, but none the less
surely, bending all his energies to secure
a second term. This is to be made par
amount to everything else. Extensive
plans have been instituted since the
presidents return, which will be put
into operation at once, and move all
along the line has been resolved upon.
Cleveland sees that there must be no
halfway business about it. He must be
either in the fight or out of it, and he
has not been long in deciding which of
the two it shall be. He is like all other
politicians-and it is mistaken
idea to suppose that because he has
placed himself Oh record as a lover of
civil service reform and pure politics."
he is not scheming for reelection.
There has been noticeable for the last
few days larger number of politicians
in town than usual, and, noticeably, too,
these are known to have been in fire.
quent consultation with Cleveland and
Col. Lamont. They are not here on
their own account, if well-fOunded
rumors are to be believed. There is, i'll
fact, no room to doubt their real mis-
sion: for one of the oldest Democrats in
harness to-day-one who has been tug
ging away faithfully at the traces for
many day, and never kicked-has
slyly whispered the programme. Not
withstanding, therefore, Cleveland'S
order against public officers taking an
active part in political affairs, it is a
through his man Friday, Lamont, several
of those who are known as expert poll
ticians to appear in Washington and get
their instructions in regard to working
up respective districts in Cleveland's
interest for the next campaign. A day
or two before the president and Col. La
mont went fishing Bradley B. Smalley,
collector of customs at Burlington, VT,
and member of the Democratic ma
tional campaign committee came here
and had long talk with Lamont. 1t
was then and there arranged that Small
ley should go through Kansas, Nebraska
and other Western states and work up
a Cleveland boom. Indian Inspector
E. d. Bannister, of Indiana, one of the
very shrewdest politicians in the coun-
try, has made repeated visits to Wash
ington recently, and has had
in regard to fixing up fences and
the general outlook. A number
of others have dropped in on Col. La
mont from day to day, and have re-
ceived their Instructions as to the part
they shall play in helping Cleveland to
another term. 1t will be seen that
special efforts will be put forth in the
West, because there the president well
knows are several weak points to look
after. The South he will leave to take
care of itself, knowing very well that it
will take care of him when the time
comes. But Cleveland is very shrewd
politician, far more SO than many people
give him credit for: and while he will
make herculean efforts to place the
crown again upon his head, should it
develop later in the fray that he cannot
be elected, none will see it quicker
than he, and it may be set down as GER
tain that he will not be a candidate. His
political eXaltatiOn has been too great
for him to receive anything like a set
back now, and he will not subject his
vanity to such wound. Mr.. Cleveland
has a wonderfully wise adviser in Col.
Lamont, and his eagle eye omits no
point on the whole political horizon.